Export prices also rose in May, up 0.2 percent, after dipping 0.1 percent in April. Both agricultural and nonagricultural exports posted gains in May. Led by higher prices for soybeans and wheat, the index for agricultural exports increased 0.2 percent. Nonagricultural export prices also increased in May, gaining 0.1 percent. The rise for nonagricultural exports was attributable to an increase for nonagricultural industrial supplies and materials.

Self-employment in the United States
Trends in self-employment by various demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, including both the unincorporated and the incorporated self-employed, as well as data on paid employees who work for the self-employed.